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W. HALKYARD. BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT.

: Patented Dec. 30. 1884.

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WITNESSES.

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UNITE STATES \VIIJLIABIHAIJKYARD, OF PROVIDENCE, R'IIODE ISLAND.

BUTTON-SETTING INSTRUMENT.

CUMEIL'ON forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,847, dated December30,1884.

Application filedJanuary 2, 1884. (No model.)

./.'0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1', WVILLIAM I'LLLKYAR'D, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Set ting Instruments; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has relation to improvements in button-settinginstruments; and it consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In the annexed sheet of drawings, Figure 1 represents in elevation ahand button-setting instrument, so called, showing its lower jaw insection and ready to deflect and clinch the eyelet and prongs, thebutton, &e., being retained in the upper jaw. Fig. 2 represents a viewofthe sameshowing the fastener clinched. Fig. 3 represents a top view ofthe end portion of the lower jaw, showing the die formed therein. Fig. 4represents a cross-section on line 00 w of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 representsenlarged a bottom view of the fastener when attached to the fabric.

In Fig. 6 two views of the lower-jaw die or deflector proper are shown.The upper view shows a top plan of the deflector, and the lower view. isa section taken on the dotted lines of said plan view, showing thelarger part thereof.

The following is a description of my invention and the manner of itsoperation.

A in the drawings represents a button-setting instrument, consisting ofjaws or members A B, terminating, respectively, in elongations a 1),beyond the pivot 8, adapted to form handles for manipulating the same.The

outer end of the upper jaw at a is adapted to receive, as common, abutton ,T,wit-h its headed staple '2' depending therefrom. The prongs ofsaid staple are adapted to be inserted within the eyelet p, and boththen forced or passed through the fabric F, all as fully shown inFig. 1. \Vith light or thin fabrics, however,

I am enabled to force the fastener through the goods by means of saidinstrument; but when the fastener is to be attached to heavy material orleather it is necessary to first perforate o1- puncture the same for theinsertion of said eyelet. Near the end I) of the lower jaw, 13, isformed the concave circular diec, provided with the wedge-shaped centralsplitting projection, c,which extends partially across the face of thedie. Said wedge portion 0 may project above the face 0 of the jaw, ifdesired; and, also, it may extend longitudinally with the jaw instead oftransversely therewith, as shown, without departing from the spirit ofmy invention.

I attach importance to the fact that in my invention the lower jaw, B,is provided with a double-concave die, 0, which is divided by awedgeshapcd splitting projection, 0, conforming in shape to the ends ofthe fastener when the same is in a closed position,whereb v when therecessed upper jaw, A, having the button and its fastener seatedtherein, is brought in contact with the lower jaw, B, the ends and bodyof said fastener are forced open and curved by means of thesplitting-wedge 0 and double concave 0, whereby the ends of the fastenerpenetrate and secure the material to the button. The ends of thedeflecting wedge c 0", Fig. (i, taper outward, so as to de fleet theportions of the eyelet coming in contact therewith. An annular grooveencircles the wedge portion of the die. The deflecting part of myinvention may be formed in the upper face of the lower jaw, or it may beformed in the face of an anvil and secured to saidlower jaw. Thefastener r1), being in the position shown in Fig. 1, may be easilydeflected outward and the prongs clinched into the stock, as shown inFig. 2. The lower ends of said prongs or staple are beveled (0") so asto straddle the wedge in the lower jaw when brought into contacttherewith. \Vhe'n the jaws are drawn together, the wedge deflects theprongs in diametricallyopposite directions, first turning them outward.A further pressure serves to deflect them upward by means of the annulargroove encircling the wedge, whereby the ends of said prongs are forcedinto the stock. Simultaneous with this operation that portion of theeyelet projecting through the stock is deflected by means of ing endsand an annular groove encircling said deflector, whereby the ends of thepron ged fastener may be deflected outward in opp0- site directions andturned up into the stock and the eyelet flanged, substantially as setforth. Intestiniony whereof I have affixed my nature in presence of twowitnesses.

WVILLIAM HALKYARD.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY A. CHURCH, VVM. R. DUTEMPLE.

